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Struggling to find a product review on WWC?
Read More →: Struggling to find a product review on WWC?Why Educators Cannot Only Rely on Established Review Organizations for Product Research Validation Co-Author: Apoorva Shivaram, Northwestern University Education leadership is tightening its flexibility by using curriculum products that do not have evidence of effectiveness. Yet, millions of children nationwide still use educational products without evidence of effectiveness. While some states pass laws and create…
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Congrats to Handwriting Heroes for their Digital Promise Certification
Read More →: Congrats to Handwriting Heroes for their Digital Promise CertificationWith thousands of edtech products in use throughout K-12 schools, differentiating products claiming to be research-based from those who can demonstrate their methods is important. Since 2020, fewer than 1% have earned the Digital Promise Research-Based Design Product Certification, and only a fraction of the top 2022 products have this ESSA Level 4 designation. This…
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New Reports Show High-Quality Phonics Instruction Reduces the Summer Slide
Read More →: New Reports Show High-Quality Phonics Instruction Reduces the Summer Slide\You’ve worked hard all year to provide your students with the instruction and practice they need to become strong readers. As the end of the school year nears, you may be thinking about ways to avoid the dreaded “#summerslide,” which can add up to a month of lost learning on average (Cooper et al., 1996).…
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New Phonics K-5 Rubric
Read More →: New Phonics K-5 RubricCo-authors Rachel Schechter, Ph.D. founder of LXD Research & Kathleen Richards, Literacy and Language Learning Scientist Figuring out all this “Science of Reading” stuff could take years. Students’ scores are still lagging behind post-COVID – and they can catch up with the right tools! Making a change to your ELA curricula starts here and now. …
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Podcast Partnership
Read More →: Podcast PartnershipDr. Rachel Schechter, the founder of LXD Research, has partnered with author, blogger, and educator Nate Joseph (Nathaniel Hansford of Pedagogy Non-Grata) to converse about timely and relevant topics related to the “Science of Reading” and educational research. Click here for this week’s episode. The first episode co-hosted by these research-obsessed friends focuses on Mark…
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ESSA Levels of Evidence Explained
Read More →: ESSA Levels of Evidence ExplainedYou know about the Every Student Succeeds Act. You know that there are tiers of evidence involved. What are they? What are they referring to? How do I ask a company the questions I need to evaluate their evidence for myself? This booklet has been called “ESSA for Dummies” by edtech leaders. Build your understanding…
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